microorganism
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The authors contend that no facility currently operating on Earth can guarantee complete containment, elimination, or control of an unknown alien microorganism if an accident were to occur.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 6, 2026
Yet this everyday microorganism may also offer insight into a far bigger question: how life might endure the extreme conditions found beyond Earth.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 8, 2026
Mr. Gutman is the founder of Primer’s Yeast, a company that sells ancient strains of the microorganism.
From New York Times ● Jun. 20, 2024
The microorganism also been connected to non-fatal, but sight-threatening, eye infections, sometimes through contaminated contact lens solution.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 13, 2024
None of the many investigators have been able to discover the microorganism that produces the disease.
From Common Diseases of Farm Animals by R. A. Craig, D.V.M.
With conditions suitable for bacterial growth, the microorganisms began using glycerol as a food source.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 9, 2026
Researchers used multiple sampling techniques to determine which microorganisms lived inside Ötzi during his lifetime and which arrived after his death.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 7, 2026
Candidatus Velamenicoccus archaeovorus feeds on microorganisms that convert limonene, the compound responsible for the scent of oranges, into methane and carbon dioxide.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 5, 2026
There, microorganisms can break it down and release greenhouse gases that contribute to climate change.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 3, 2026
On the other hand, it was argued that, on so windy a planet as Mars, microorganisms should be everywhere if they are anywhere.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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